Horse-overshoe.



o. E. PERGIOT. HORSE ovEsHoB.'

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 2, 1914.

Patented Sept. 15,1914.

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WITNESSES:

A TTORNE Y.

YHE NORRIS PEYERS Co., PHoT0-LlTHO.. WASHINGTON. D. C.

C. E. FBRCIOT.

HORSE OVERSHOE.

APPLICATION FILED 1111.2', 1914.

1 1 1 0,3 1 7. Patented Sept 15, 1914,.l

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THE NORIRIS PETERS C0.. PHOTO-LITHOA. WASHINGTON. D. C

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,UNHED STATES rarnnr orrion CHARLES E. rERoior, on sr. Lonis, ivrIssonRI.`

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To all 'whom it may concern# l Be it ls'nowny that I, CHAnLEsE. Funcion?, a citizen of the United'r States, residing at St. Louis,'Statef0f Missouri, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in l-lorse-Overshoes,vr of which the following is ak full, clear, and iexact'description, reference .being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part hereof; y y .i AMy invention has relation :to 'improvei ments in horse over-shoes; and it consists in the novel features of construction more fully 'set forth in the specication and pointed outv in the claims. l p In the drawings, Figure l is a top plan of a horse-shoe with the over-shoefp'assed thereover, the hoof of the animal ybeing omitted; Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal section thereof on the line 2 2 of Fig. l, the 'hoof beingshown dotted; Fig. 3 is a front elevation ofthe show the horse-shoe; Fig.` 4l is asectional detailon theline l-tof Fig. l; Fig. 5 is a top plan of theliller-piece or member; Fig. i

6 is a top planvv of one-half of the over-shoe,

thelsecuringband and links being omitted;`

Figr-.Tisa side elevation of one' of the re.-

movable calks of` the' over-shoe, detached;y

` Fig. 8 is aside elevation of a modification of over-shoe when 'used in conjunctionywith`- av callless horse-shoe; and .Figa Slisy a -bottom y plan of one-half ofthe over-shoeshownin Fig..8. The g ahorse over-shoe the calks of which are removable to permit the renewing thereof i whenever made necessary .throughfexcessive wear, thus always furnishing the animalv with av perfectly level support; one'which dispenses with. the v. necessity of` frequent' shoeing; one which secures arm purchase on.y the ground thereby preventing slipping;r-`

one affording a coverjfor Vthefentire bottom of the hoo-f thereby excluding foreign matter from contactwith the hoof; and one possessing further andother advantages better apparent froinadetailed description of the invention which isas follows:

Referring to4 the ldrawings, and for the present to Figs. l to 7 inclusive, H represents (shown dotted Fig. 2)' the hoof of the animal, and S thecustomary horse-shoe provided with a toe-pieceVL'a ytoe-calk 2 and heel-calks The overshoe consists yof abody portion or. platform l thinner at the center Iso asto `leave a central depression cl object of myinvention is toconstruct (and thereby lighten the weight of the shoe) the marginoffthe platform being provided with an 11p-turned (preferably continuous) flange or.` rim 5 `surroundin'g the sides and frontof the member 4l",`the latter being pro#k vided with a rear wall 6 serving asan abutment for the terminals` ofthe shoe S. The

wall `6 may run across the `entire distance y' between the sides of' the platform fl, as

shown, through ay removal'of the central portion rthereof, or that between the inner -v edges of the rear ends ofthe shoe S when the latter is deposited onk the platform would not, constitute a "departure 'from the spirit of ymy invention. The wall 6 terminates at the top in an inwardly turned lip or flange a' v` for engaging the upper face of-th'e'sh'oe 'SQ The platform 4 is provided at the rear corners thereofand at `the .base ofthe wall 6,l with openings C) for ythe reception of the ward and backward .play in' said openings so asto vpermit the shoe' yS to be ydriven firmlyfagainstthe wall `or abutment 6 and well under` the lip orvflangecz.y Formed in the lflange 5 on each side of thecenter at the I A y frontof vthe over-shoe arel slots or openings h, the "upper bounding walls of said'open- .ings being rounded so `as to leavecylindrical portions -e'which serve as hinge-pins 'for the soy diverging arms of a swinging yoke' or anchor i 7, the arms of the yoke straddling thertoepiece l vof the inner shoe S. The freeend of the yoke terminates in an outwardly `tiirned hoolrjor,l open loop fm. adapted to `*hoolr'over the vstem' of 'a screw 8 Vpassed through .thel interiorly` screw-threaded' lugs 9,9, `forming the front terminals of the hoofbands 10, 10,\the y'rear ends of the bands being secured to the lugs or lobes 11, lil,

n y y Between the `membersr 11 AandwQythe rrespective bands -10 are connected -`tothe flange 5 by 'a series of linlfs` 12' vlooped through the slits 7L ofthe flange o, an ddecreasing progressively in length to# ward the rear'of the shoe so that the bands i whenI coupled ytogether by the screw 8 may slope -rear-wvard and downward to conform lformed along the rear portions yof the upper "i 1 edges of the fiange I to the a configuration kofthe front'y and sides' ofthehoofil'l. The jheads n of thehorse sions t lof 'a fillerv or padl-'of leather or` equivalent material interposed between the platform 4 and shoe S, the said filler serv'- ing as a protecting shield for the soft'under parts of the hoof. The filler is not neces-y substantially that of the shoe S as fully in-.

dicatedrin Fig. 5. Disposed at convenient points on the platform L are (preferably) circular depressions let the bases of Vwhich are provided with (preferably) triangular openings for the reception of the detachable calks 16 of the over-shoe, the upper end of the calk being provided 'with a circular head1I or disk 17 adapted to be received by the depression 14, and when once inserted d the upper faceof the disk 17 is hush with the corresponding face of the platform (Fig. The height of the calks 16 (which by the way are oase-hardened) .is such astoy lift the calks 2, 3, off the ground so that the animal walks on calks which are readily renewable and thus always fresh, and slipping of the animal is practically impossible.

:rin examination of Fig, l shows that the portion of the yoke 7 loopedfthrough the slit h has formed thereon a slight cam or equivalent eccentric formation fw, said cam, with the coupled positionl of the yoke, engaging an inclined facet 7 on theshoe S. Then the yoke 7 is swung against the hoof H and anchoredto the hoof-bands 10 (Figs. 1, 1l)y the cams w will bear against the facets f and thus force the rear ends of the shoe Swell against the abutment 6 and under the flange a; or, what amounts to-the same thing, the wall 6 vofthe over-shoe is drawn Ifirmly against the calks, and the over-shoe once secured does not slip from its position.

The mode of applying the over-shoe is as follows: Let us assume that the hoof H is provided with the ordinary shoe S.. Let us assume too that the calks 16 have been deposited with their heads 17. in the depressions 14, and that the filler 13 has been laid on the platforme over the heads 17 of the calks. aforesaid. The calks 2, 3, of the shoe S are now passed throughthe.openings R, O, and 0, formed for their reception, and, assuming that the yoke-74 is previously swung loose from the hoof-bands 10, tolallow the latter to be accommodated to any size hoof, the operator then inserts the screw 8 through.v the lug 9 of one lof thebands,` and through the loop m of the yoke, and-then .drives the screw through the lug. 9 of the opposite band 10 thus drawing the vbands tightly about thev hoof. As previously stated, the anchoring of the yoke 7 to the bands 10 draws (by virtue of the cam fw) the parts 6 and a against anderer the shoe VS, and no displacement of the parts can take place. To remove the overshoe the scre'wB is first unscrewed when the removal readily follows.

liilhere 'the overshoe is intended to be worn permanently, the animal may be provided with a calkless inner shoe S which may also be deroid of the usual toe-piece 1. ln such casestheliller 13 need not be recessed, nor need the platform l be provided with openings (l, O, for the passage of any calks.

Such a modification is illustrated in Figs.

S and 9, and in such cases the number of calks 1G in the platform '-L may be increased over the number in the main form described. in this modification the shoe is constructed the-same as that of the fiij'st form described, thek corresponding parts being identified by the same reference symbols. The yoke 7 however, disappears in the modified form and in lieu thereof a centrally pivoted strap 7V issuhstituted, the yoke arms which straddlethe toe-piece 1 in the first form. being no longer necessary. The cam fw in the looped end of the strap is the same as in the main form described.

l` do not wish of course,v to be limited to the precise structural details here shown, as they may in a measure be departed from 'ithout affecting ,the nature or spirit of my invention.' 1 i Having described my invention', what l claim is: i uw.,

1. .ik horseover-shoe: comprisingr a platform for the support of the shed hoof of the animal, a rim on the platform"bounding the front andsides ofthe-'inner shoe, abutments at the rear of the platform for engaging the rear ends ofthe inner-shoe, bands leading from the rear portions vof the rim and embracing `the hoof and following the contour thereof, ymeans at the free ends of the bands foi-tightening the same about the hoof, a member hinged to the front of the over-shoe and adapted to be coupled to the rbz'mdasaid hinged member being provided with a cam :formation operating to engage; the inner shoe andy draw lthe abutments at the rear end ofthe over-shoe into firm lcontact with the corresponding ends ofthe innershoe, when said member is secured to the'bands.

2.11513 over-.shoe f for calked innerL shoes comprising a supportingl platform provided with -openingsfcr the free passage therelthrough'of the toe and heel calksof the inner shoe, a flange or rim. on the platform for engaging'the front and. sides of the inner shoe, forwardly and upwardly inclined hoof bands leadingffrom the ,rear of the sides of the rim aforesaid, a ycoupling and tightening screw for drawingfthe free ends of the bands together, a member hinged to the front` of thev rim and adapted to be ancho-red to the screw aforesaid, a camv formation'on said member adjacent to its hinge axis adapted to engage theinner .shoeand operating to draw the rear of the over-shoe ias toward the inner shoe, the platform being provided with a rear wall terminating in an inwardly deieoted flange whereby when the hinged member is anchored as aforesaid, the said rear wall and flange hug the terminals and npperfaees'of the inner shoe animal, and a hinged front member interposed between the platform and seonring means and provided with a oam formation about its'hinge axis operating to draw the.

inner shoe and over-shoe into firm friotional engagement with the swinging of said hinged member inwardly. l y p 4. An over-shoe for horses comprising a platform for supporting the inner shoe and provided withvopenings for the passage of 'i in presence of two'witnesses.,

the toe and heel calks of the inner shoe, a marginal flange and rear wall onl the platfogm for engaging the front, sides, and

back of the inner shoe, bands leading from the rear portions of the sides of the flange, forward over the hoof, means for drawing the freeends of the bandstogether, a flange formed on the rear wall of the platform for engaging the upper face of the inner shoe, anda member hinged in front tothe flange and provided with a cam formation at the hinge axis engagingy the front ofthe inner `shoe and operating to draw the over-shoe into firm engagement with the inner shoe,

with the coupling of the free yend of said hinged member to the front ends of the bands aforesaid. n

ln testimony whereof l aflix my signature CHARLES E. FERCIOT. Witnesses:I l j EMIL STAREK,

', v 1 Jos. A MICHEL.

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